“THEY” don’t want you/us to listen to talk radio. It’s not in their favor for us to listen to truth.
We hooked up the Echo Dot to a little Bose speaker and, voila, it plays our favorite stations over the internet. I'm not a purist on the sound quality ... I just want to hear some talk radio shows.
We don't get too involved with the Echo, other than using as a radio, a timer, and a shopping list keeper.